GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 196, 8 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

lIUN 10 EARTH. By Gallic—Press Association—Copyright. New York. ,1 a.mmrv 0. Mr. Rockefeller Ims been traced to the l!a]i;iTt is believed lie is staving at Nassau. It is understood lie intends to return to give evidence. EX LOS lON ON A RATTLESII It'. Paris, January fi. Owing to an explosion of tlie main condenser on the .battleship Musrscna, at Toulon, eight men were killed. CO A L-MINERS' WAfiES. London, January 0. The Coal Conciliation Hoard has raised the wages of miners in the federated area by 3d, making the wages now the highest on record. UNIVERSAL SERVICE. London, January fi. Newspapers comment favourably oil a Cambridge professor's proposal that only territorials should be allowed to graduate, aUo on the extension of the principle to public appointments. The Evening Standard says that despite the fact that live-sixths of the Unionist Party and many Liberals support Lord Roberts, the political lenders funk compulsory service, believing it is hopeless until tlie working men allow their sons to give up six months to learn to defend .their homes. I | THREATENING THE KTNG. London, January fi. Collins has been committed for trial oil a charge of threatening King George; also for threatening King Carthy. an actress, demanding £IOOO. The prosecution drew attention to Collins' mental state.THE COST OF LIVING. London, January fi. A correspondent from Sydney, writing to the Daily Chronicle, says that Mr. Spence'g report asserting that the ♦ost of living in England is much greater than in .Sydney is grossly misleading, untrue, and cruelty to intending emigrants. He quotes figures to show that : the cost of living in Sydney fc continually rising.